Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,231, William Gadd, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Gadd, William
S. 2,231
Born in Md.
CONTENTS
carded

Ohio 13.109 Pittsburg
William Gadd
Memor in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Blagge of the commanded in the Penn a Militia time for 1 year 4 Mo 18 days
11 11 11
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 54 Dollars 77 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of May and sent J Hollister 1833 Mansfield Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $ 109 54 Semi-ann. allowance ending 1, Sep. 33 27 38 $131.92
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk, Book E Vol. 8. Page 112

11.169
Ohio

State of Ohio Monroe County ss on this 21 st . day of September A D 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas for said County now Sitting William Gadd a Resident of Bealville Sunbury Township in the County of Monroe and and State aforesaid aged 73 years who being first duly Sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he Entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and Served as herein Stated
That he Entered the Service on the last day of April A D 1779 under Capt Clugget as as a Substitute for Absalom Gadd his father who was Drafted from the Company of Militia commanded by Capt Thomas Blair of Pennsylvania that he Served until the 5 th day of August same year when he was Discharged That he Served this tower at Fort Robert Dough or Lead mines fort in Pennsylvania that there were no field officers there but the Company was Stationed there to guard the frontiers That afterwards to wit on the 1 st day of May 1780 that he volunteered for Six months under Capt Robert Kilbreath and Served at several Stations on the frontiers at Franks town at Rolands fort at Lead mines fort and at Littles fort that he was Discharged on or about the first day of November same year

that After wards he was Drafted and Entered the Services the 22 nd day of April A D 1781 under Capt Hilbreath and served on the frontiers at Capt Shallers and Lieutenant Robert Grarner and served his time at Frankstown and other Stations on the frontiers in Pennsylvania and was discharged the last day of Nov 1781 Question 1 st where and in what year were you Born
Ans in Baltimore County Maryland on 30 th day of June 1759
2 nd have you any Record of your age None in particular at present
3 rd where were you living when called into Service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live.
When called into Service I lived in Pennsylvania Bedford County and since the war I have lived in Bedford County Penn - and in Ohio County Va and I now live in Realville Monroe County Ohio
4 th How were you called in to Service did you volunteer were you Drafted or a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom first I was a Substitute for Absalom Gadd my father next I was a volunteer and third I was Drafted
5 th State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the General Circumstances of your Service
that he belong to no Regiment But was stationed on the frontiers to guard the frontiers

6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it I received a Discharge in each case signed by the Captain But had the misfortune to have my house burned together with my Discharges
7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution of the  Revolution - Gideon Mason and John Linn
He hereby Relinquishes every Claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
William Gadd
We Gideon Mason a Clergyman Residing in the neighborhood of Belville Monroe County Ohio and John Linn Esq. Residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Gadd who has Subscribed and Sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be 73 years of age that he is Reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he Resides to have been a Soldier of the the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion G. Mason Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that after the investigation of the matter and after putting the the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Gideon Mason - who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the neighborhood of the said William Gadd and that John Linn who has also signed the same is a President in the same neighborhood of Brimfield Monroe County Ohio and is a credible person and that their Statement is entitled to credit
I Robert F. Naylor Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Monroe and State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in matter of the application of William Gadd for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court this 21 st day of Sept AD 1832
Robert F. Naylor Clerk
Ohio 11169

Return this William Gadd Monroe 6 o Ohio
Dr. $54.77

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Gada which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yy
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No accompanying Such proof cannot be had Refer to affidavit
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yy
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yy  W/2/1 2 a
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeh and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

affidavit

State of Ohio Monroe County ss I Robert F. Naylor Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Jeremiah H. Austin Esquire before whom the within Affidavit was taken was at the time and now is an acting Associate Judge of said Court in & for said County duly Commissioned & Qualified and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and af- fixed the Seal of said Court at Wellsvill the 25 th Day of March A D 1839 Robert F. Naylor Clerk

State of Ohio Monroe County ss personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the associate Judges for said County William Gadd who being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and in Faith that he has no direct proof to offer as to his Service in the war of the Revolution that he knows of no person whom who he could prove his Service -
2 nd That he has no Record of his age or that it may be possible his age is on Record in Baltimore But not certain whether it is or not
Sworn and Subscribed to before me this 25 th day of March 1833
Jer Hollister associate Judge
William Gadd

2231
3-068.
Bureau of Pensions.
Wm Gadd
Sept. 21. 1832-73
Munroe Co. Ohio
Apr 30, 79 Bedford Co. Pa
Capt. Claggett
Col -
Pat 6 Aug 5, 79
May 1, 80 Capt Rubb Kilbride
Col -
Pat 6 m
Apr 22, 81 Capt Shallen
Col -
pat 2 Nov. 30, 81
Room B Alto, Md
June 20, 1759
No Bat.
Q

C. L WILLIAMS, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
6061 OF 444
Recd.
Shawnee, Ohio, Apr. 7 , 1905.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly send me the record of the service of William Gadd a soldier of the Revolution (1775-83)?
He probably enlisted from Maryland.
Very respectfully, H. L. Williams

New Han
2231.
INVALID.
see
File No. 2231.
William Gadd
Print Rev War
Act: June 7 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 136
[Arrangement of 1870.]